Make a Digital Portrait in Your own Style!
Creating from imagination and references is one thing, adding your personal touch to these references and imaginative thinking completely changes the structure of the artwork for the good, defining the artists’ style.
For the creation of a portrait, inspired from an oil painting, in his own style, Vishnu has represented his personal touch in various forms of detailing like managing the light, shadow and highlights and addition of textures in just the right amount.
Follow the step by step guidance to know the secrets of making a portrait look real and surprise yourself with your own creation!
STEP 1
Start by making an outline of the image that you want to create.
STEP 2
A suitable base colour needs to be added to the created outline. Base colour is an important factor to create a digital art or portrait.
STEP 3
The next step is to add different tones of colours in order to achieve the desired light and shadow effects. To give the skin a realistic look, use texture brushes to create a textured effect on the skin.
STEP 4
In your mind, divide the picture into multiple parts and start by detailing out one part of the picture at a time. This organisation helps in a clear analysation of what exactly needs to be done next and is a smooth way of developing the picture.
STEP 5
Then comes the time to adjust the levels of light, shade and highlights. This will take the picture art a step closer to the actual image.
STEP 6
The fixing of lights and shades is followed by the addition of textures. The more accurately the textures are added, the more detailed will the outcome be.
STEP 7
The textures add depth to the portrait. This is then followed by the detailing of the face and its parts like the eyes, nose, lips, etc.
STEP 8
Now focusing on the hair and detailing it out to perfection. But always keep in mind that doing the hair is time consuming and requires a lot of concentration.
STEP 9
Finishing up the hair gets us very close to the finished portrait. Make sure that all different parts are detailed out in the proper manner and in the right amount of detail. As a mistake, as small as that of placing a strand of hair at the wrong place can disturb the portrait.
STEP 10
The final steps to finish up the portrait include last minute touch-ups and detailing.
The amount of time put into creating a portrait is directly proportional to the outcome! This painting in particular was done by Vishnu in about 15 hours. It is not easy for an artist to explain all the details and steps required through just a few words! Every step described above is needed to make it look the way it looks. Missing out on even one step can change the final result.
